You’ve ridden the B184 many many times. Starts just beyond the Ongar Esso/Tesco Express continues north through Fyfield, Leaden Roding, Great Dunmow, Thaxted, Saffron Walden and disappears 10 mile short of Cambridge.

The gravel is surface dressing. It takes two weeks of traffic to bed it down and then the contractor returns and sweeps up the excess. Give it three months

I remember blasting to Finchingfield for an early lunch last year on the 990 and on the way back finding about a mile of this starting in the middle of a corner; no warnings at all. Really dangerous. I had my heart in my mouth as I watched my friend in the mirrors follow my pace into it - thankfully he was fine and we just rolled back down to 20 without needing the brakes.

There’s no sufficient warning or alternative route as they decided to recover the whole place at the same fucking time.
And if you think chippings and fresh tar are fun on a hot day like this, you’re fucking welcome.